Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 869-876.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.06.13

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Structural School Climate and Depression among Middle School Students: A Moderated Mediation Model of Social Support and Gender

YUAN Yuan, LIANG Zhoujian, ZHANG Li   

  1. School of Sociology and Psychology, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 100081
  • Published:2023-11-11

Abstract: To explore the relationship among structural school climate, social support, gender, and depression of middle school students, 2,054 high school students ranging from Junior Grade One to Senior Grade Three in Beijing were administrated with Delaware School Climate Surveys, Social Relations Network Questionnaire, and Self-Rating Depression Scale. The results indicated that: (1) The structural school climate was negatively correlated with the depression of middle school students; (2) The partial mediating effect of social support on the relation between structural school climate and middle school students' depression were significant; (3) Gender moderated the second half of the mediation path with closer correlation between depression and social support in girls than in boys. Results contribute to understanding how structural school climate has influence intervening on depression of middle school students, and have practical implications for preventing and intervening middle school students' depression.

Key words: structural school climate, social support, depression, middle school students

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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